1. Introduction Online platforms gained enormous traction in political and social discourse, with platforms like Facebook evolving into transnational companies that are ‘unmatched in their global reach and wealth’ (Gorwa, 2019, p. 860). Social media platforms in particular have been blamed for poor efforts to moderate content in many instances around the world, failing to protect users from foreign influence during elections in the USA and France (Walker et al., 2019, p.
